Home » Entertainment » Balmoral Castle: the story of the Scottish house that Queen Elizabeth II loved Balmoral Castle: the story of the Scottish house that Queen Elizabeth II loved September 9, 2022 by world today news 4 hours ago photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The Queen and Prince Philip at Balmoral for their silver wedding anniversary in 1972 — – The late Queen Elizabeth II’s love for her home in Balmoral on Royal Deeside was well known. – The queen spent most of the summer in the rural 50,000-acre county of Aberdeenshire, often with her late beloved husband, Prince Philip, and his family. – Surrounded by rural scenery, Balmoral Castle is where she spent a happy holiday, from her first visit with her grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary as a child, to the last months of her life. – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The Queen and Prince Philip with their children, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Charles, in the grounds of Balmoral Castle Square in 1960 — – The queen held several royal parties in her outdoor gardens and enjoyed watching the Braemar Highland Games (traditional Scottish games) with other members of the royal family. – She and Prince Philip also spent much of her final years at Balmoral, where they stayed together during the coronavirus lockdown and spent their 73rd wedding anniversary there in November 2020. – Balmoral has been the residence of the British royal family since 1852, when Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, bought the county and its original castle from the Farquharson family. Then the house turned out to be very small and the present Balmoral Castle was built. – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, Balmoral Castle has been the residence of the royal family since 1852 — – The castle itself is an example of Scottish baronial architecture and is classified by the Historic Environment of Scotland as a Class A listed building. The new castle was completed in 1856 and the old castle was demolished shortly thereafter. It remains the private property of the Queen and is not part of the Crown Estate. – It is a county that contains agricultural structures, grouse swamps, forest and farmland, as well as herds of deer, highland cows, and ponies. – The royal family was in Balmoral when Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997, and they later became the center of attention. – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, After witnessing a private service at the Krathie Chapel, the Queen and the royal family stopped to look at the remaining flowers to greet Princess Diana at the gates of Balmoral Castle in September 1997. — – On the Sunday morning after Princess Diana’s death, the Queen and Princes Charles, William and Harry attended mass in the chapel of nearby Krathie Kirk. – Here is a collection of historical photos of the queen and her family at Balmoral over the years: – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, Princess Elizabeth with her grandparents King George V and Queen Mary on their way back to Balmoral after attending mass in the chapel in nearby Krathie in September 1932 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The royal family during a visit to Balmoral Castle in 1951, Princess Elizabeth with her children Prince Charles (left) and Princess Anne — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, Queen Elizabeth II with her children Charles (right) and Anna, at Balmoral in 1952 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The Queen plays with Prince Charles and Princess Anne in the castle windows in 1952 — – photo released, Hulton Deutsch Collection — comment on the photo, The Queen watches her son, Prince Charles, drive a toy car in the grounds of Balmoral Castle — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, US President Eisenhower with the Queen and Prince Philip at Balmoral Castle in September 1959 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in a field watching Highland cattle at Balmoral in 1972 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The Queen at her desk in Balmoral in 1972 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The Queen and Prince Philip in the study room of Balmoral in 1976 — – photo released, AFP — comment on the photo, Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh with their three children, Edward, Charles and Andrew, on their 32nd wedding anniversary at Balmoral on 20 November 1979 — – photo released, Anwar Hussein / ROTA collection — comment on the photo, The Queen and Prince Philip vacationed at Balmoral Castle in 2005 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The Queen and members of the royal family laugh as they watch a tug-of-war during the Braemar Gathering for the 2006 Scottish Games — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The Queen attends a garden party at Balmoral Castle in 2012 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The Queen signs a message at Balmoral brought to a Commonwealth torchbearer before the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, The Queen arrives at Krathie Kirk with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in August 2019 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, Queen inspects a balaclava pony, 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland on the outskirts of Balmoral, where she stayed at the castle in August 2021 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, Krathie Primary School children present the Queen with a card at the Cricket Pavilion in Balmoral in October 2021 — – photo released, Getty Images — comment on the photo, Queen Elizabeth receives new Prime Minister Liz Terrace in Balmoral parlor on Tuesday to instruct her to form a government — – All images are subject to copyright. — Related posts:MIRROR Members Liu Yingting and Li Junjie Participate in Japan's THE FIRST TAKE Performance ChorusNetrebko knelt before the people after her arrival in RussiaBroadcaster apologizes for the "unwanted fat small woman" remark about the Video game of Thrones act...WWE's WrestleMania 39 event sets new records, bringing in $21.6 million in ticket sales, with night ... 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